Page 1277 - Week 04 - Wednesday, 3 April 2019
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minister, I have a clear responsibility to ensure responsibility and due process regarding any complaints that are made. If any allegation about an examination without consent is to be proven, it will be absolutely clear that that is absolutely unacceptable.
But if the opposition—
MADAM SPEAKER: Can you resume your seat please.
Mr Coe: On a point of order, on relevance, Mr Hanson’s supplementary question included: would the minister apologise for denying that the event took place? I ask her to be directly relevant with regard to her denial.
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Coe, there is no point of order. I think that the minister has gone to some lengths to say that there is a serious investigation into the allegation and that needs to be brought to a conclusion.
MRS DUNNE: Minister, will you guarantee that midwives who raise concerns about this issue will not be subject to retribution?
MS FITZHARRIS: Yes, I absolutely will.
Government—airline policy
MS CHEYNE: My question is to the Chief Minister. Chief Minister, what recent activity has the ACT government undertaken to attract more international airlines to Canberra?
MR BARR: I thank Ms Cheyne for the question. Members will be aware that we have gone from zero international flights to 14 per week in recent years, connecting our city to Asia, the Middle East and on to Europe, through Singapore Airlines and Qatar Airways. The ACT government is continuing to work with our tourism and business partners to expand this global connectivity even further. The goal is for Canberra to ultimately have international aviation connections to key points of the world where there are business opportunities, where there are tourism opportunities and where Canberrans would like to holiday.
Firstly, we are focusing on more access to cities in the Northern Hemisphere, via China, and an eastbound connection to the United States and South America via New Zealand. We have been working with Canberra Airport to negotiate with airlines about reconnecting Canberra and New Zealand. In the final months of Singapore Airlines’ service to Wellington, that sector often operated at 70 per cent capacity in a 260-seat wide bodied aircraft and the market had grown by 20 per cent, showing that there is a clear and compelling case to reintroduce a connection with a more appropriately sized narrow bodied aircraft.
Last week, I led a ministerial delegation to China. We were accompanied by representatives from Canberra Airport and VisitCanberra. We met with senior
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